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if you were to big -- give short answers? >> are have always been a loner and take deep pride ini have al and take deep pride in my cuban routes, always even when i was shellshocked. cubans would come to the house and the shellshocked because my parents were darker than i was. >> as opposed to? >> i had an irish great great grandfather named o'connor who emigrated to cuba on a ship in the 1820s and married a descendant named conception. i always wanted to write a book about conception o'connor. there are blunts and fair skinned people and relatives in my family and so forth but in my upbringing my brother's nickname was pinky but he spoke better spanish and use to get beat up by latinos and white guys. in the context of where i grew up which was new york in the 50s and 60s the race thing was pretty pronounced. last night i was in washington and ran into a puerto ricans woman who actually went to the same high school i did and she said you went there? how come you didn't get beat up all time? it was mostly black and latino. i
if you were to big -- give short answers? >> are have always been a loner and take deep pride ini have al and take deep pride in my cuban routes, always even when i was shellshocked. cubans would come to the house and the shellshocked because my parents were darker than i was. >> as opposed to? >> i had an irish great great grandfather named o'connor who emigrated to cuba on a ship in the 1820s and married a descendant named conception. i always wanted to write a book about...
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they didn't make a big fuss about it or anything. they liked of the community of people and into assimilating and becoming more american, and it didn't seem like a big deal for them. you know, their daughter was already going to the unitarian church, but then the more i thought about it, the more -- i was raised catholic by my mother, and, you know, i'd heard my father had converted to con thole schism before he married my mother. he wanted a big church wedding and i got up the next morning and said we're going to church. he goes we went to church yesterday. he became obsessed with learning all the church history and doctrine and everything, and then all the sudden, you know, he wasn't. he was wasn't so keen on it anymore. he converted, but then he became hugely anti-catholic. by the time i came along and my siblings came along, going to church was a loaded fought thing. there's like my father in a funk in the back, and my mother dressed us up and put hats on, and then we got home for dinner, you know, he launched into his ser mop ab
they didn't make a big fuss about it or anything. they liked of the community of people and into assimilating and becoming more american, and it didn't seem like a big deal for them. you know, their daughter was already going to the unitarian church, but then the more i thought about it, the more -- i was raised catholic by my mother, and, you know, i'd heard my father had converted to con thole schism before he married my mother. he wanted a big church wedding and i got up the next morning and...
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>> guest: this is the big shift. one engineer told me they collect 57 different variables about people who even if you're not locked in if you take a new laptop and put it on the desk right here you can tell what kind of laptop is it, what kind of software, the size of the font on the laptop where is it located and how long are you lingering before you click on the link. in all these things can be used to make guesses of what kind of person you are, there's big font and small font people, and all of this then allows you to make these guesses. this may not be a very good portrait of you don't need that much in order to be able to do this with an increase in optimization and talk to the folks at hunch, they got in personalization site and they say actually you need very little data in order to start to have a lot of predictive power five data points, five particular data points you can then get any other data point within acres it accuracy if. >> host: what would they need to know about me to make these predictions? >>
>> guest: this is the big shift. one engineer told me they collect 57 different variables about people who even if you're not locked in if you take a new laptop and put it on the desk right here you can tell what kind of laptop is it, what kind of software, the size of the font on the laptop where is it located and how long are you lingering before you click on the link. in all these things can be used to make guesses of what kind of person you are, there's big font and small font people,...
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. >> the interesting thing is the big sword is have about affluent people moving to where people like them live and who gets left behind where basically people -- teacher late or the rust belt city where the people who can't afford to self sort to some neighborhood in chicago or new york people like them because they can't move. >> host: it sounds like the danger you're focusing on here is somewhat to the individual you don't want people to make judgments about us based on guilt by association but it's the society as a whole if we understand you the dillinger of this is really about what happens to the larger social group. >> what if we get better and better at relevance. >> guest: one is just the very basic thing of being able to empathize with, understand what's going on and someone else's life for what a different perspective might look like. and if you are exposed to lots of different flavors kind of pieces of information, if you are seeing stories that really to not that relevant but other people calls your attention to certain problems. the thing i think about a lot as homelessn
. >> the interesting thing is the big sword is have about affluent people moving to where people like them live and who gets left behind where basically people -- teacher late or the rust belt city where the people who can't afford to self sort to some neighborhood in chicago or new york people like them because they can't move. >> host: it sounds like the danger you're focusing on here is somewhat to the individual you don't want people to make judgments about us based on guilt by...
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they did make a big fuss. they just like the community of people and their into assimilating and becoming more american. it didn't seem like a big deal for them. their tattered authority going to the unitarian church. the more i thought about it, i was raised catholic and i'd always sort of heard that my father, who has been raised episcopal has rated to catholicism and my mother said eic converted and wanted this big church wedding in the next lane i got up were going to church. he says we went to church yesterday. [laughter] became really obsessed with catholicism, learned the church history and doctrine and then all of a sudden he was in and he wasn't so keen on it anyway. so he converted many became hugely anti-catholic or is it that time and my siblings came along, going to church was exploded thing. my father would be an affront to my mother would be just a mess and putting our hats on. but we came home from dinner, he would launch into a sermon about the evils of the catholic church and the posts and al
they did make a big fuss. they just like the community of people and their into assimilating and becoming more american. it didn't seem like a big deal for them. their tattered authority going to the unitarian church. the more i thought about it, i was raised catholic and i'd always sort of heard that my father, who has been raised episcopal has rated to catholicism and my mother said eic converted and wanted this big church wedding in the next lane i got up were going to church. he says we...
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>> guest: this is the big shift. google, one engineer told me they collect 57 different variables about people who even if you're not logged in, if you take a new laptop and put it on the desk right here, you can tell what kind of laptop is it, what kind of software is it running, what is the size of the fonts on this laptop, where is it located? what's the ip address? how long are you lingering before you click on a link? and all of these things can be used to make some guesses about what kind of person you are. there's mac and pc people, big font and small font people. all of this, then, allows you to make these guesses. they may not be, i mean, this may not be a very good portrait of you. it almost certainly isn't at that point. but you don't need that much in order to be able to do this with an increase in on the many iization. and -- opt myization. i talked to the people at hunch, and, you know, they said actually you need very little data in order to start to have a lot of predictive power. so five data points,
>> guest: this is the big shift. google, one engineer told me they collect 57 different variables about people who even if you're not logged in, if you take a new laptop and put it on the desk right here, you can tell what kind of laptop is it, what kind of software is it running, what is the size of the fonts on this laptop, where is it located? what's the ip address? how long are you lingering before you click on a link? and all of these things can be used to make some guesses about...
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and said it's like all doctors, he had a big deal and wanted everybody to know. the saturday evening post was the most popular periodical in the country. i was the place to brag. he also did it to vindicate efforts, as i said. the cap came out, it did indicate evers 24 years after the fact. he was glad that finally edwards reputation as a truthful correspondent was vindicated. it was very big news among media people had always wondered about this account that entered said written many years before. words was still among the living at the time and was very gratified by this and send keen a letter of praise. edwards should be much better remembered that he is, not just for this, but his other work in journalism, one of the early -- he worked with jacob riis, who, of course, how the other half lives. an early supporter of stephen crane. let him stay at his apartment when crane was struggling to write red badge of courage. one of the things that happened to edwards, his house was burned down in 1908. burned to the ground. he lost a lifetime of correspondence and clip
and said it's like all doctors, he had a big deal and wanted everybody to know. the saturday evening post was the most popular periodical in the country. i was the place to brag. he also did it to vindicate efforts, as i said. the cap came out, it did indicate evers 24 years after the fact. he was glad that finally edwards reputation as a truthful correspondent was vindicated. it was very big news among media people had always wondered about this account that entered said written many years...
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it's not that big an issue. that sounds crazy for me to say that, but when you put a kid in a situation where six and a half to eight hours a day they're in our building, i already fed 'em in the morning, i fed 'em in the afternoon, i got a granola in my pocket not for me, but because when we go shopping, my wife and i shop at sam's. so we buy extra food. so you come, i got a refrigerator in my office, i have granola bars in there, i have, um -- i don't eat all that stuff. i have cereal in my office, i have all sorts of things. and i'm not the only one. many of my staff do. if it's a food issue, that's a solvable problem. but more important than giving the child the food is feeding their soul. because they're not going to get full off the granolas i'm giving 'em, but they have football practice, and i can't have them going there when the last time they ate was 11:30, and practice goes until 6, 7:00. we create this mello drama. ful i'm telling you, cut that -- i'm telling you, cut that out. they're going to be th
it's not that big an issue. that sounds crazy for me to say that, but when you put a kid in a situation where six and a half to eight hours a day they're in our building, i already fed 'em in the morning, i fed 'em in the afternoon, i got a granola in my pocket not for me, but because when we go shopping, my wife and i shop at sam's. so we buy extra food. so you come, i got a refrigerator in my office, i have granola bars in there, i have, um -- i don't eat all that stuff. i have cereal in my...
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so i had this big battle about whether i was going to do the english assignment, and i remember saying to her in the midst of this heated discussion i didn't see the point during these assignments. they were a waste of time. i didn't see what to do this stuff and she said to me well, okay, you are obviously a bright kid and what you decide to do is find so what are we going to do here? and i said well, it seems to me that the point of this class is one, to make sure i have an understanding of the english language and research skills and i can make a coherent argument, so why don't you testing on that? she said why don't you mean? i said have me write something. she said fine, what are you going to write? i said why not a history of riots in america. she said okay. and i went off and several weeks later come back with i don't know how long it was that like a 140 page manuscript and she takes it home, comes back the next monday and this is okay i'm going to give you an essay for the course, but i don't -- i'm not really capable of evaluating this material and i make it from the project.
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she thought it was no big deal. as she walked into the clinic something odd happened to another girl cautioned her and said all babies want to be born. james ignored or. what did this young woman no? your baby has a hard. jane in order again. your baby has fingernails. now, that was odd. this should occur. she walked into the abortion clinic and she sat down. she glanced around and she couldn't help but notice that everyone is playing with their fingernails. tapping them on the tables, chewing on them and she thought i have a life growing inside of me and she walked out of the abortion clinic and that was the end of the story. how many of you remember the statistic i gave you about a minute and a half ago? how many of you remember what prompted jane to walk out of the abortion clinic? everybody remembers the fingernails. and i promise you we cannot even those who your remembered the statistic, 1,466,000, those who remember the forgotten assist a six and would have remembered the finger nails. narratives matter. we h
she thought it was no big deal. as she walked into the clinic something odd happened to another girl cautioned her and said all babies want to be born. james ignored or. what did this young woman no? your baby has a hard. jane in order again. your baby has fingernails. now, that was odd. this should occur. she walked into the abortion clinic and she sat down. she glanced around and she couldn't help but notice that everyone is playing with their fingernails. tapping them on the tables, chewing...
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that is why they were big supporters of divorce, and they looked upon marriage as a very confining role in life. gloria steinem said that when a woman gets married she becomes a semi non-person. dann said the life of a wife and mother was living in a comfortable concentration camp. that was their attitude. the social degradation of women was a major goal on the feminist movement, and it wasn't using the argument that it takes two incomes to support the family. that wasn't why they wanted to get her home. not for the economic reasons, but for social and cultural reasons because they tried to tell women that you were just a parasite, your life is not accomplishing anything. the only way to have fulfillment is to be independent of men and have your own career. the pulitzer prize finalist will speak about native american history, the continued struggles of native tribes and the consequences of misusing resources and the environment. she is the author of more than a dozen books and collections of poetry including the woman who watches over the world, dwellings, and team spirit. >> linda hoga
that is why they were big supporters of divorce, and they looked upon marriage as a very confining role in life. gloria steinem said that when a woman gets married she becomes a semi non-person. dann said the life of a wife and mother was living in a comfortable concentration camp. that was their attitude. the social degradation of women was a major goal on the feminist movement, and it wasn't using the argument that it takes two incomes to support the family. that wasn't why they wanted to get...
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and this was a big, big problem. and it was reported to her. and she tried to get help for it. she wrote to then vice president cheney to say, we need help. she tried to get the fbi in. and the recognition was pretty much what happens in other communities, i think, when your own is attacked. they attack back. and she got a public service officer to testify this was going on. but instead of solving the problem, they got rid of her. so that's why she was impeached. so she's very bitter. and oddly enough, maybe not so oddly but when this is your whole home and you live on the reservation and this is entire place of identity, there's no place to go unless you're going to make a clean break and she has to live with these people who impeached her. it's very difficult. she's an unhappy person. and this is one of those tribal governments that the federal government put in place itself in the 20th century. and had it been another century, they wouldn't have had the same kind of government that they have now that allowed all this. so she -- yeah, it's an unhappy story, that's for sure. >
and this was a big, big problem. and it was reported to her. and she tried to get help for it. she wrote to then vice president cheney to say, we need help. she tried to get the fbi in. and the recognition was pretty much what happens in other communities, i think, when your own is attacked. they attack back. and she got a public service officer to testify this was going on. but instead of solving the problem, they got rid of her. so that's why she was impeached. so she's very bitter. and oddly...
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given more and more other avatars, the big comedies. the independent film has effectively died in america in terms of released its i don't think we are living in a world where people find everything. in fact, there is great tendency for the big blockbuster stuff to be stronger and stronger and stronger. so we look for help to figure out how to break that and small bookstores are certainly a way but not the only way. there are issues there, too. >> thanks geoff. the next panelist is actually from a bookstore, mark laframboise, who is from politics and prose independent bookstore. i -- is from chicago and has been a bookseller working at in the bookstore since 1991. he began working in a very small store while in graduate school in illinois and eventually became the head buyer and stored manage of the stone lined bookstore in fort collins, colorado, for five years. he has spent the last 13 years as a bookseller at politics and prose, and is on the executive board of the new atlantic independent booksellers association, the regional bookse
given more and more other avatars, the big comedies. the independent film has effectively died in america in terms of released its i don't think we are living in a world where people find everything. in fact, there is great tendency for the big blockbuster stuff to be stronger and stronger and stronger. so we look for help to figure out how to break that and small bookstores are certainly a way but not the only way. there are issues there, too. >> thanks geoff. the next panelist is...
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war hero, trust buster, canal builder, big stick wielding diplomat. but he deserves another title as well. he may have been football's most indispensable fan. thank you. [applause] >> i know john will take questions from the. it's interesting to hear roosevelt with a light touch. surprisingly. i also thought immediately in the beginning of your detroit lions discussion that they epitomize the discussion of instead as i have always understood. keep doing the same thing and expecting a different result. but the redskins are getting close. if you have any questions for john, please raise your hand. the microphone will come to you. questions from the football audience? >> thank you very much. my name is bill black. did you mission that the ncaa was born out of this meeting? >> yes. >> to the other sports, a long after this? >> so, so football was governed by a rules committee from years. the walter camp of course helped organize, dominate throughout the 1880s, the 1890s. but there was a rules committee that had representatives from the major schools. ever
war hero, trust buster, canal builder, big stick wielding diplomat. but he deserves another title as well. he may have been football's most indispensable fan. thank you. [applause] >> i know john will take questions from the. it's interesting to hear roosevelt with a light touch. surprisingly. i also thought immediately in the beginning of your detroit lions discussion that they epitomize the discussion of instead as i have always understood. keep doing the same thing and expecting a...
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if conspiracy theories are big here, they're big in the middle east. there's less critical thinking time, more of a theocracy and democracy. so that's part of it. although i'm constantly amazed at what people believe in america. i was on my book tour just after jesse ventura was touring with his bow, 63 document they don't want you to read. they are on the internet for free. come on. jesse has never met a conspiracy to my. this is the problem. if everything is a conspiracy, nothingness. something might be conspiratorial so i tend to be skeptical about the conspiracy theory if it involves world domination by 12 guys that i read called the illuminati, probably not true. watergate was a conspiracy. that makes sense. lincoln was assassinated by here's a. jfk probably not. almost certainly not. although he did have a moment of pause. i have to study watching the hbo film too big to fail based on the today to go hasn't seen
if conspiracy theories are big here, they're big in the middle east. there's less critical thinking time, more of a theocracy and democracy. so that's part of it. although i'm constantly amazed at what people believe in america. i was on my book tour just after jesse ventura was touring with his bow, 63 document they don't want you to read. they are on the internet for free. come on. jesse has never met a conspiracy to my. this is the problem. if everything is a conspiracy, nothingness....
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meier paris wordpro with big readers. there were not sitting around the gain existentialist. i used to save my dad read by the pound. my mother love true crime would always be embarrassing riding the train reserve it is like the i 95 killer on the front cover there is a pitcher of 70 stabbing somebody but i was lucky. i ran into a friend from high school who said whenever i went over to your house your parents would be sitting in the living room reading no tv or radio and i thought that was so weird. [laughter] now he has kids of his own he could appreciate that was a good atmosphere to grow up and fostered by the above books. went to college at the university of philadelphia and graduated 1988 with the degree of folklore. any other folklore majors here today? [laughter] angling through the other occupations i have had i have chosen many non lucrative occupations including writings and non best-selling book but that one especially i remember looking at the want ads every sunday. it would have between forests and forklift operator. but i move to seattle and drifted into public
meier paris wordpro with big readers. there were not sitting around the gain existentialist. i used to save my dad read by the pound. my mother love true crime would always be embarrassing riding the train reserve it is like the i 95 killer on the front cover there is a pitcher of 70 stabbing somebody but i was lucky. i ran into a friend from high school who said whenever i went over to your house your parents would be sitting in the living room reading no tv or radio and i thought that was so...
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was doing wrong, often by not having a big enough government. the obama administration response to this i thought was fascinating. a prominent response, so unfair for the u.n. to say that the u.s. is systematically violating u.s. rights because last year we passed obama care and took a giant stride toward recognizing our international human rights obligations in health care. this falls into the category of reassurances that leave me less reassured. i find it bothersome. i think that would have been an additional reason to vote against it. people that are you publicly it it was required for international human rights obligations. and similarly in the controversy in recent weeks and wisconsin i wish i had a dollar for every time that someone has argued that what governor walker did in repealing some of the old publication rights actually was a violation of international human rights. vary widely argued in litigation. so there is a pattern here. much as it was a priest in the 1970's. the u.s. constitution required to properly read court enforcement
was doing wrong, often by not having a big enough government. the obama administration response to this i thought was fascinating. a prominent response, so unfair for the u.n. to say that the u.s. is systematically violating u.s. rights because last year we passed obama care and took a giant stride toward recognizing our international human rights obligations in health care. this falls into the category of reassurances that leave me less reassured. i find it bothersome. i think that would have...
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so there was a big fight. saul bellow had made one of my favorite memories and the festival were the opening ceremony was the public library, and because norman mailer had in many people's views invited secretary of state george shultz to deliver the opening address, not long after he made a statement supporting the apartheid regime in africa which meant the south african writers boycotted the event. because he was there there was a in almost presidential level of security around the public library, and we all had to bring various forms of id and he forgot to bring his ied. and this was actually quite soon after he won the nobel prize so there was an extraordinary fight and i saw him on the chair like this outside the entrance not being allowed in on till norman mailer camera panned vouched for him. you can just imagine how much he had enjoyed being vouched for. the nobel laureate was. so it was a very contentious time, but one of the reasons it was contentious is all of us believed the public role of the writ
so there was a big fight. saul bellow had made one of my favorite memories and the festival were the opening ceremony was the public library, and because norman mailer had in many people's views invited secretary of state george shultz to deliver the opening address, not long after he made a statement supporting the apartheid regime in africa which meant the south african writers boycotted the event. because he was there there was a in almost presidential level of security around the public...
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so the competitive thing -- i am not a big fan of that sort of thing. here we are at freedom fest and two kinds of people come to freedom fest. there are those who are so busy that they come in and they are lucky to be here a day or two and then they have to go do this or that. especially speakers. there are two kinds of speakers. we encourage speakers to come and spend all three days at freedom fest and just relax and go to sessions that have nothing to do with what they do normally in business. just take it as a break away from finance. if you are a finance person go to the arts and literature and science and technology. in our music we have music with bob greenberg. that rule should be packed. it was half full when he talked about beethoven. he is the number one teacher, 28 courses on classical music. i am hoping on saturday is in the same room, bob greenberg will talk about music that has caused a riot. it is an interesting topic. but that is me. i am an eclectic person. i am interested in a variety of topics. i will never forget my first experience
so the competitive thing -- i am not a big fan of that sort of thing. here we are at freedom fest and two kinds of people come to freedom fest. there are those who are so busy that they come in and they are lucky to be here a day or two and then they have to go do this or that. especially speakers. there are two kinds of speakers. we encourage speakers to come and spend all three days at freedom fest and just relax and go to sessions that have nothing to do with what they do normally in...
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most of the times the big companies don't want to take you on. that's all part of the capitalistic structure up. don't have to fall prey to that. it depends in your heart. what has god put in your heart for you to be and become? because he opens the doors. not man. [applause] [applause] >> one more point i want to make to you. i spent a career in the banking, in the upper echelon part, i don't know, lower level. i've heard all of the men here talk about the capitalistic thing and slavery. i want to say to you, i'm glad i'm a descendant of slavery. i'm glad. i'm proud of it. [applause] >> i felt the deepest form of slavery i had to face was my father. he was tough, rigid, unyielding, and a successful businessman. even my grandfather, very successful man. i grew up in durham, north carolina. durham was called at that time, the black wall street. we own our own pharmacies, and farmers bank. you are talking about the mutual life insurance, mutual statements and loans. i grew up around black doctors. if people being successful. when i'm saying i'm gla
most of the times the big companies don't want to take you on. that's all part of the capitalistic structure up. don't have to fall prey to that. it depends in your heart. what has god put in your heart for you to be and become? because he opens the doors. not man. [applause] [applause] >> one more point i want to make to you. i spent a career in the banking, in the upper echelon part, i don't know, lower level. i've heard all of the men here talk about the capitalistic thing and slavery....
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is the vast corporate big chains he depends on will go out of business. what will happen to the man? i'll tell you what. he'll ask you to destroy your book. the man will tell you you have to change your work. the man may have been our friend. he may have been lover of books and lover. he's two faced half art half commerce and light. i'm here to speak to you the truth today. that agent, that publisher the one who admires your work. the one who launched your career, he's lying. if you get in bed with the man he will die. all of our books, literature will be hobbled and sanitized. how do i know this? because it is already happening. many are colluding to destroy any book. writers are muzzling themselves. i submit we are not writing the books with no longer want to write. we no longer dare. we have one eye on our bank account and the other on our amazon ranking. we've allowed ourselves to tyrannizeded by numbers. accountants have taken control of the publishing houses and when bureaucrats rule, art gets strangled. who in this room has not been instructive to
is the vast corporate big chains he depends on will go out of business. what will happen to the man? i'll tell you what. he'll ask you to destroy your book. the man will tell you you have to change your work. the man may have been our friend. he may have been lover of books and lover. he's two faced half art half commerce and light. i'm here to speak to you the truth today. that agent, that publisher the one who admires your work. the one who launched your career, he's lying. if you get in bed...
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>> well, um, there were both small and big themes. there were small patterns. three of the seven people were child jockeys. two of the seven individuals, actually, were slaves to confederate forces in fort sumter and the coastal war in the carolinas, they were not confederates, they were slaves to the confederate forces. um, so there were odd little connections to that. but the bigger connection was that even the people who left south carolina and were very glad to escape or survive slavery and otherwise left the state all wrote of their lives as south carolinians, all firmly identified themselves as sort of having a fraught relationship to where they're from. but, oh, they weren't going to let someone take that away from them. they would not identify themselves as africans with the one exception, perhaps, of boston kings who ended up going back to africa. but the rest of them they distinctly wanted to claim themselves as part of history even though they may have left the state. and i think that was the most powerful theme we found from the 18th to the early 20
>> well, um, there were both small and big themes. there were small patterns. three of the seven people were child jockeys. two of the seven individuals, actually, were slaves to confederate forces in fort sumter and the coastal war in the carolinas, they were not confederates, they were slaves to the confederate forces. um, so there were odd little connections to that. but the bigger connection was that even the people who left south carolina and were very glad to escape or survive...
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you could be a big brother or big sister. there's just a million things he could do that you don't have to have any money. all you have to have his time in months. >> what e.g. do about the iphone in between? >> about that who? >> the iphone in between. >> all this technology with the young and our text messaging have been split off from the older generations more than ever before. >> well, it's going to take a generation for that to adjust. let's hope that more information will lead to better information and will be better off for it then worse off. i hope that the case for cnn. we've been going through one technological revolution for the last 50 years. i mean, you go back we were born, just seven years ago, they didn't have television. they didn't have nuclear power and nuclear weapons. they didn't have computers. i mean, we had typewriters and carbon paper. we were let me to have a phone or electricity. some people in america didn't have electricity. so you know, we made tremendous progress. we really have technologically
you could be a big brother or big sister. there's just a million things he could do that you don't have to have any money. all you have to have his time in months. >> what e.g. do about the iphone in between? >> about that who? >> the iphone in between. >> all this technology with the young and our text messaging have been split off from the older generations more than ever before. >> well, it's going to take a generation for that to adjust. let's hope that more...
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that's one of the big dangers, the risks. i still think we have to do it because i think if you have been able to crush in gaza it would've been terrible. but that being said, we just don't know a lot about that society and out it's organized. >> thank you. >> to my -- can my friend jonathan asked -- he had his hand up. 's. >> please come to the mic because this is on c-span. come to the mic. [laughter] >> take orders. >> don't have trouble with authority. [laughter] >> thank you. frank, you alluded to charles tilly, and i understand, and agree with much of what you say about that but what you have an overture and i'm not offering another generation that you have to venture into is how did the phenomenon of for an interesting war in particular a fact the evolution of systems as you see it? or is that something -- >> in tri-state building but it doesn't seek to drive state-building after you get a state. it continues. look at the city. there's this big five sided building sitting next to the potomac river. where did that come
that's one of the big dangers, the risks. i still think we have to do it because i think if you have been able to crush in gaza it would've been terrible. but that being said, we just don't know a lot about that society and out it's organized. >> thank you. >> to my -- can my friend jonathan asked -- he had his hand up. 's. >> please come to the mic because this is on c-span. come to the mic. [laughter] >> take orders. >> don't have trouble with authority....
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that's a big part of the contribution of after the 1820 dictionary appears, american culture really has arrived. >> you have a note in there about the global warming. you didn't touch upon that site. >> webster loved, and this is a passion that he shared with thomas jefferson, that is part of the obsession can he counts houses. he also loves to take the temperature and he loves to crunch the numbers you can jettison it, jefferson starts taking the temperature in july 1776. he is writing the declaration and he buys a thermometer and starts taking the temperature indicates a temperature log for 50 years. he writes, and they have a disagreement about global warming. obviously there are no cars and buttons up issue is deforestation in states like vermont. jefferson said it had a huge impact. webster said he didn't. webster's essay has been hailed by people in the field as a major contribution of the weather patterns in the late 18th century. again, what's amazing is this compulsive energy, except for etymology, usually leads to very impressive results but even though the public health treat
that's a big part of the contribution of after the 1820 dictionary appears, american culture really has arrived. >> you have a note in there about the global warming. you didn't touch upon that site. >> webster loved, and this is a passion that he shared with thomas jefferson, that is part of the obsession can he counts houses. he also loves to take the temperature and he loves to crunch the numbers you can jettison it, jefferson starts taking the temperature in july 1776. he is...
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we also have a big hub.soma it is pretty well understood a that we are starting to see a migration. whenever words you want to use. the reason that happens is theym understand that with the power vacuum there is opportunity for them. the great thing about a failed state is that it is hard to operate.s no it is a little bit of a double-edged sword. i believe that human is at the center. this one final point. the, the central figures, is really unlike any other that we see.e ader e call it the trifecta. there is among the a formerin guantanamo detainee.rtunately, t people who did not and go backa have a lot of st. croix that they did not have before. you have the americans do a wooden say have rose amazed by have this straw in the west. you have longtime personal aide to osama bin london.- he has that traditional. this is the leaders that we don't see anywhere else withinno these franchises in the world. >> host: joining us from jackson, tennessee. independent line. >> our you doing? >> good morning. this is a quote from james madison. a standing military force with an hour run execut
we also have a big hub.soma it is pretty well understood a that we are starting to see a migration. whenever words you want to use. the reason that happens is theym understand that with the power vacuum there is opportunity for them. the great thing about a failed state is that it is hard to operate.s no it is a little bit of a double-edged sword. i believe that human is at the center. this one final point. the, the central figures, is really unlike any other that we see.e ader e call it the...
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but inside a big sixitin shouldered man sat by the fire and roosevelts pencil glided across the pad of, i paper because i am certain my fellow americans expect that of their presidency, i will address them with a candor and decision of which the president situation in polls. the fire crackled, the largeith hand with its thick fingers move rapidly across themove paper. the people of the united states wants vigorous action and they have made me thet instrument of temporary humble instrument of their wishes. scratched out than realized there is no time for ability and during the next two days, a frightening reports continue to reach hyde park. peace by piece of the nation's credit structure was becoming paralyzed. crisis was in the air. it was a strange numbing crisis, mistaking suddenly in the western city than in the south. it was worse than the invading army.rywh it was every mariane to know where and endless in the minds of men and it was the year but at hyde park, the next president was serene and cheerful.sid march 1st, the president elect left hyde park from new york and headed for
but inside a big sixitin shouldered man sat by the fire and roosevelts pencil glided across the pad of, i paper because i am certain my fellow americans expect that of their presidency, i will address them with a candor and decision of which the president situation in polls. the fire crackled, the largeith hand with its thick fingers move rapidly across themove paper. the people of the united states wants vigorous action and they have made me thet instrument of temporary humble instrument of...
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there was a big part of his persona. he wrote poetry. he was always described in personal dealings with him as generally considered far from as screen. not a pleasant person. is not a pleasant person to be a round ball. much more rigid, much more didactic. mind you, we're talking about the characters, somebody who planned to 9/11. that didn't want to push that went too far. in portraying osama bin laden it was important to get him right in see him as his acolyte who is going to put his life on the line for this plot would see him as an inspirational figure. that only makes sense because you're not seeing him when you are the reader. you aren't seeing him through the americans what do you been seeing it to the point of view of someone who is actually experiencing and has been inspired by him. you want to understand how that could possibly be. >> one of the things your characters from the west german least seven common is that they are having to use different identities. he has to change its name. the characters are having to impose differ
there was a big part of his persona. he wrote poetry. he was always described in personal dealings with him as generally considered far from as screen. not a pleasant person. is not a pleasant person to be a round ball. much more rigid, much more didactic. mind you, we're talking about the characters, somebody who planned to 9/11. that didn't want to push that went too far. in portraying osama bin laden it was important to get him right in see him as his acolyte who is going to put his life on...
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[applause] >> i know there's a big debate. we frequently at the smithsonian get letters from people telling us either we are totally right or totally wrong, and we never say anything about it so whether george washington said so help me god, and, you know, how many people were close enough to hear at the time and have you got a record from them? >> to be clear the constitution does not include it. that language is not in the constitution, and george washington almost certainly did not say so help me god, no only is there no evidence, but there's a minister who is present and writing about the inauguration and later becomes washington's great christian defender, arguing what a great christian washington is. if anybody was going to say washington said this, this person would have said this, and he doesn't. he almost certainly didn't say it. oath on the bible, absolutely, that's been since 12 century centuries land, but what the -- england, but what the change is is that you don't have to. you know, i don't have a problem taking
[applause] >> i know there's a big debate. we frequently at the smithsonian get letters from people telling us either we are totally right or totally wrong, and we never say anything about it so whether george washington said so help me god, and, you know, how many people were close enough to hear at the time and have you got a record from them? >> to be clear the constitution does not include it. that language is not in the constitution, and george washington almost certainly did...
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and he's that big of a figure. usually when we think about the postcivil rights, he's written out that have script. that's important for us to understand about malcolm x, he at bottom is an organizer. what's great about the book, the malcolm x biography, it shows the inner workers of how he transformed the nation of islam. there's always been a dialogue with the nation of islam and the malcolm x. they say he could not been what he was without mohammed. when you look at how he was and the nation, you see the relationship. nation of islam has few numbers before malcolm x. he's patrolled from prison. for the next 12 year, he works day and night to transform the nation of islam. not just for -- as a religious institution, but as a political institution. so when we think about malcolm x, malcolm is the consistent essential organizer. he had helped organize a group that was under the scope. in the last years of his life, he tried to organize two organizations. what's so important about malcolm is that malcolm is a local
and he's that big of a figure. usually when we think about the postcivil rights, he's written out that have script. that's important for us to understand about malcolm x, he at bottom is an organizer. what's great about the book, the malcolm x biography, it shows the inner workers of how he transformed the nation of islam. there's always been a dialogue with the nation of islam and the malcolm x. they say he could not been what he was without mohammed. when you look at how he was and the...
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she thought it was no big deal. as she walked into the clinic, something odd happened. another girl looked at her and said all babies want to be born. she ignored her. your baby had a heart. she thought this was propaganda. your baby has fingernails. that was odd. she walked into the abortion clinic and sat down. she glanced around and couldn't help that everyone was playing with their fingernails. tapping them, she thought fingernails, i have a life growing inside of me. she walked out of the abortion clinic. that was the end of the story. let me ask you this. how many remember the statistic that you gave you about a minute and a half go? how many of you remember what prompted jane? everybody remembers. fingernails. even though of you who remember the statistic 1,465,000. they have abandoned as an emotional tool. we think that intellectual argument trumps emotion. you hear it on talk radio all the time. we have -- of all of the logical arguments, we have all of the facts on our side. they rely on emotion all the time. yeah, well, because it works. we need to start taki
she thought it was no big deal. as she walked into the clinic, something odd happened. another girl looked at her and said all babies want to be born. she ignored her. your baby had a heart. she thought this was propaganda. your baby has fingernails. that was odd. she walked into the abortion clinic and sat down. she glanced around and couldn't help that everyone was playing with their fingernails. tapping them, she thought fingernails, i have a life growing inside of me. she walked out of the...
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how big was it? how many people there in those days? >> rome was about half a million. >> was it, you say was it a republic? >> it was still a republic, yes. it was a republic. it had these assemblies. that had these people's tribunate. it had the senate. the senate was not elected by anybody, well, actually, that's not true. anybody, it's a strange aristocracy. it was somewhat her ed tarry, but it was also electoral. the way your family became an aristocratic family was whe if u had someone in your lineage who had been elected to the highest office which was council. roman council. there were two elected every year. and usually they were elected from the families that already were aristocratic families. >> how did rome fit into italy? >> rome, by this time, by the late republic, dominated all of italy. and there were struggles going on. ceasar was one of them. by people who wanted to extend citizenship beyond rome to much of italy. to the other provinces of italy. so that they would not be subjects, they would be citizens. >> define a
how big was it? how many people there in those days? >> rome was about half a million. >> was it, you say was it a republic? >> it was still a republic, yes. it was a republic. it had these assemblies. that had these people's tribunate. it had the senate. the senate was not elected by anybody, well, actually, that's not true. anybody, it's a strange aristocracy. it was somewhat her ed tarry, but it was also electoral. the way your family became an aristocratic family was whe...
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even a with a big bank account there is an end to it. that's pretty much what is happening. when i pressed the depletion question, he shrugged and said look, they recharge 5% a year with rainwater to read others claim texas portion of the aquifer is much less one tent for%. i get pumped down to 50% but not hurt anybody. we will never punted try and why would i? i live there. i've got about 100 million invested in my property. it's even got a golf course and flashed a quick grin. this is a forever supply of water. mesa will require the rights to sell between 200 to 320 acre-feet of water per year which is enough to supply 1 million to 1.5 million texans. the panhandle counties roberts, and ogletree that would take part in such a deal set over 81 million of the water. as pickens sees it, water is like any other resource. it's a commodity just like a wheel that should be prospect and sold for profit. i don't think you should cut people off from the water. everyone deserves a bite of the apple. it will provide us with a secure drought source for the future. in the summer of 2009
even a with a big bank account there is an end to it. that's pretty much what is happening. when i pressed the depletion question, he shrugged and said look, they recharge 5% a year with rainwater to read others claim texas portion of the aquifer is much less one tent for%. i get pumped down to 50% but not hurt anybody. we will never punted try and why would i? i live there. i've got about 100 million invested in my property. it's even got a golf course and flashed a quick grin. this is a...
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and, again, the peace vision was very big for him. the day hitler came to power, 1933, he was giving radio address. i didn't know it until i was reading the good new biography of him. it was the only time he was ever on the radio. it was cut off in the middle. we who like romance would say hitler's people turned it off. the engineers made a mistake. [laughter] it was on the principle of having a finishing uhrer -- fuhrer. some of the people in the catholic and lutheran churches played up to hitler. there was a movement in which they tried to make hiterer's germany into -- hitler's germany into a christian anti-semitic force. the vast majority was just sort of silent. what can you do in the middle of all that? but he got committed very early and hung out with the whole underground of people. i think the other thing that i would say is turning point is a new today we call it the ecumenical movement n. the 1930s it was being born, and they wanted to form what became the world council of churches. it was postponed until after the war beca
and, again, the peace vision was very big for him. the day hitler came to power, 1933, he was giving radio address. i didn't know it until i was reading the good new biography of him. it was the only time he was ever on the radio. it was cut off in the middle. we who like romance would say hitler's people turned it off. the engineers made a mistake. [laughter] it was on the principle of having a finishing uhrer -- fuhrer. some of the people in the catholic and lutheran churches played up to...
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the big one was what kind of a book was that i was trying to write? i finally saw the distinction as one between telling a story or describing, explaining and judging. a lot of history in fall describing, explaining and judging of large and complicated things but the things that drew me to history originally and to writing in general was the compelling nature of stories which would take hold of you. you couldn't let them go. i decided that was one wanted to do. the incredible task of interesting characters here many of whom were visible and there were dramatic events taking place. the killing of crazy horse which took place in 1877 in some ways was a minor event but on the other hand it was devastating in its psychological effects on the indians and other indians as well and that is still the case. most americans get through years at a time without thinking of the killing of crazy horse but that is not true. they resent it and they are still -- there are still factions in the tribe that are glad of it. they did what they could to ensure that crazy hor
the big one was what kind of a book was that i was trying to write? i finally saw the distinction as one between telling a story or describing, explaining and judging. a lot of history in fall describing, explaining and judging of large and complicated things but the things that drew me to history originally and to writing in general was the compelling nature of stories which would take hold of you. you couldn't let them go. i decided that was one wanted to do. the incredible task of...
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it's a big organization. most cities, major cities have hundreds of millions of dollars, sometimes billions of dollars in budge. lots of different departments. our city has 34 departments, so you're doing everything from police and fire and parks and water and be sewer and sanitation and lots of other things. traffic and lots of other things. the, but so you have to deal with all those issues when you are running the business of the city. so how do you deal with that? my first few days in office, after about three months i noticed i wasn't getting any reports. and so -- i take that back. i got the crime statistics, and i got the rainfall level. now, i had run a law firm before i came to the city, and i thought, well, you know, don't you -- shouldn't i get some reports? after three months, don't you get reports? this they say, no, you don't really get any reports. so we decided to start this process of developing a report for the mayor, but what it became was a study of performance measures. and we called it t
it's a big organization. most cities, major cities have hundreds of millions of dollars, sometimes billions of dollars in budge. lots of different departments. our city has 34 departments, so you're doing everything from police and fire and parks and water and be sewer and sanitation and lots of other things. traffic and lots of other things. the, but so you have to deal with all those issues when you are running the business of the city. so how do you deal with that? my first few days in...
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she's carrying her big purse. and here is franklin with his jaunty look. you would never know that he could not walk when he was in the white house or, actually, he never could walk again after he got infantile paralysis in 1921. i saw this in the supermarket, this is an eleanor roosevelt refrigerator magnet. [laughter] you see, she's got her fur on. and then, of course, there's fallow, their little dog. [laughter] so it was an era dominated by these folks here. um, so, please, join me now in if picturing a scene that will take us back to the past. this is a drafty old house, and i usually just say a small town in missouri, but this time i'm going to say in sedalia, missouri. here we have an exhausted housewife trying to keep warm at the end of a dull day of housekeeping while reading her favorite columnist in the kansas city star. suddenly, she looks up at her little girl, and she says, "i am sure that she is better than he is." [laughter] well, who do you think the she was? eleanor roosevelt. and who is the he? franklin. my family was rock-ribbed republi
she's carrying her big purse. and here is franklin with his jaunty look. you would never know that he could not walk when he was in the white house or, actually, he never could walk again after he got infantile paralysis in 1921. i saw this in the supermarket, this is an eleanor roosevelt refrigerator magnet. [laughter] you see, she's got her fur on. and then, of course, there's fallow, their little dog. [laughter] so it was an era dominated by these folks here. um, so, please, join me now in...
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what he gives us is malcolm does not like women and maybe this is sexual and maybe it is not but the big issue is he thinks women could sit down and shut up. and malcolm turns into a person person becomes more of a -- what also has to have ethical and personal liking for women. it can't be just an exclusively political but the sexual erotic is in part standing in for the political and theological. i couldn't agree more about this issue of separating malcolm little from malcolm x and seeing the journey of malcolm x being one that is not just about race but also a gender. i find precisely what you describe, this place where there is a focus on men and the ideas of men and do men are to the exclusion of women to be like ho-hum in the sense that that is the space in which most power is exercised in the united states and many places, that is the character of it. that is what it looks like and feels like and whether it is the nation of islam or the democratic party or the republican party or any other powerful, wall street powerful organization or political science department or law school. th
what he gives us is malcolm does not like women and maybe this is sexual and maybe it is not but the big issue is he thinks women could sit down and shut up. and malcolm turns into a person person becomes more of a -- what also has to have ethical and personal liking for women. it can't be just an exclusively political but the sexual erotic is in part standing in for the political and theological. i couldn't agree more about this issue of separating malcolm little from malcolm x and seeing the...
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no big deal. folks in florida, folks in new orleans, folks in biloxi, the fires completely wiped out their homes. ask the people at ground zero. how long now your ready? qaeda one you all to become sick and think about it all the time, but my challenge to you is this. think about the risk wherever you live, or every worker and how prepared you are to deal with that risk? i know in washington the first spot is the biggest risk is a terrorist incident. how many of you were here on september 11? how was it, but i heard the stories about people trying to get from this area across the bridges. some people trying to get to the plane and it's taking them eight or ten hours. he didn't have to be september 11th. dirty bomb, some guy that has just given away too long and takes out a substation. happens to be just the right substation. a blackout in of three your four. it was a squirrel or something that took it out. all it has to be. everybody thinks about that, fema which owns no planes, trains or automobi
no big deal. folks in florida, folks in new orleans, folks in biloxi, the fires completely wiped out their homes. ask the people at ground zero. how long now your ready? qaeda one you all to become sick and think about it all the time, but my challenge to you is this. think about the risk wherever you live, or every worker and how prepared you are to deal with that risk? i know in washington the first spot is the biggest risk is a terrorist incident. how many of you were here on september 11?...
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he was planning to go with ghandhi and the peace vision was big for him. the day hitler came to power, he was given a radio address. it was the only time he was on radio, and it was cut off in the middle. we who like romance say hitler's people turned it off. you could see in the years after world war i and how germany is shipping up to giving total obedience to a furyk. some of the people in the lutheran churches played up to hiterer. they tried to make hitler's germany into a force. the vast majority were silent. he got committed very early and hung out with a whole underground of people. i think the other thing that i would say is the turning point is they knew today we call it the movement and in the 1930s it was being born. they wanted to form what became the world council of churches. it was postponed until after the war because of the war, but he was an early agent of it, and that's one of the things that served this cause. he got to conferences in switzerland and sweden, england, the arch bishop who was over in'den was his -- eden was his contact p
he was planning to go with ghandhi and the peace vision was big for him. the day hitler came to power, he was given a radio address. it was the only time he was on radio, and it was cut off in the middle. we who like romance say hitler's people turned it off. you could see in the years after world war i and how germany is shipping up to giving total obedience to a furyk. some of the people in the lutheran churches played up to hiterer. they tried to make hitler's germany into a force. the vast...
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so that had a big effect on me. and also i knew that -- many of the writers, even riders that had been blacklisted i had met and i met later in my life. some of the older writers that were very incredible and amazing writers who had been ignored and influenced and lost their momentum because of history. >> host: you opened "dwellings: a spiritual history of the living world" by saying you prayed for an eagle feather. >> guest: yes. the interesting thing is i worked with those -- take an illegal eagle feather. i wanted an eagle feather and i wanted that naming ceremony when i was young. we didn't have them that i knew of at the time. so yes. and then i had an eagle feather. >> host: what is the significance of an eagle feather? >> guest: i couldn't explain it to you. what is the significance? like having -- something that is so -- so special. it is like it could be used -- it can be used for helping, healing, it can be used for speaking. it can be used -- like a speaker's rattle. it can be used for communicating with
so that had a big effect on me. and also i knew that -- many of the writers, even riders that had been blacklisted i had met and i met later in my life. some of the older writers that were very incredible and amazing writers who had been ignored and influenced and lost their momentum because of history. >> host: you opened "dwellings: a spiritual history of the living world" by saying you prayed for an eagle feather. >> guest: yes. the interesting thing is i worked with...
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>> listen, i'm a big fan. i watch game of thrones. i love he's awesome. >> speaking of projects, you had said you don't have -- you don't have your next one lined up right now. obviously, you are going to enjoy this. and continue with the media push. how will you begin to decide. what will you be look for the for the next project? >> you know, i look through all of these ideas and they come in. 99% of them are really bad. you know, it's like every, you know, person that commits a crime now fits any of the e-mails. but, you know, i need that sort of young kid, really smart, who's not a bad person who's kind of in the gray area between right and wrong. this is the first heist that i've written. this is the first person that committed a crime. and then, you know, there has to be the elements, the betrayal and sex and all of those kind of things that janet doesn't like. then there has to be, you know, some level of fun for me. so it has to be in a place where i want to go. because you have to spend six months to a year doing it. for me, g
>> listen, i'm a big fan. i watch game of thrones. i love he's awesome. >> speaking of projects, you had said you don't have -- you don't have your next one lined up right now. obviously, you are going to enjoy this. and continue with the media push. how will you begin to decide. what will you be look for the for the next project? >> you know, i look through all of these ideas and they come in. 99% of them are really bad. you know, it's like every, you know, person that...
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c-span: and did they give you a big advance? >> guest: they gave me an advance. it paid for more than the first year of research help, but it's not a way to make a living. c-span: as you know, you've got lots of anecdotes in here. what would you say is the main source of your anecdotes? >> guest: it's about half and half newspapers and magazines and interviews. there's just so many sort of wonderful stories, and i have three times as many stories as i had in the book, but one of the principal points of the book is the idea that law can't be too precise. if you take environmental law, for example, there's a story of the amoco refinery in virginia, where amoco spent $31 million to catch the benzine at the smokestack, but there was almost no benzine at that smokestack. it turned out all the benzine was escaping at the loading dock, but there's no rule for catching benzine at the loading dock, so it didn't get caught and amoco spent $31 million. that's the story of american law. if you write something in advance, some rule writer, it will never fit the circumstance,
c-span: and did they give you a big advance? >> guest: they gave me an advance. it paid for more than the first year of research help, but it's not a way to make a living. c-span: as you know, you've got lots of anecdotes in here. what would you say is the main source of your anecdotes? >> guest: it's about half and half newspapers and magazines and interviews. there's just so many sort of wonderful stories, and i have three times as many stories as i had in the book, but one of the...
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the big guys could not be found. it took months or years to find some of them tracking them to australia or california or colorado. the men hunts were intensive and relied on the testimony of former friends to find these men. the trial lasted a couple weeks at a time but stretched over a period of years. many king pins could not be found when the trial started but the evidence was building up against them as more of their business partners testified against them. when they were caught the case went to trial. kingpin is a formal term and a statute requires ten years in prison. at a minimum they receive ten years. some received 25. one receive 40 years and he died in prison. because of a possibility of parole many of them did last time then sentenced but spend 70 or 20 years in prison. some of them have passed away but others are still alive leading lives much quieter than they previously had. their lives lack of glamour and excitement of years past but they have interesting stories to tell and happy to share them. >>
the big guys could not be found. it took months or years to find some of them tracking them to australia or california or colorado. the men hunts were intensive and relied on the testimony of former friends to find these men. the trial lasted a couple weeks at a time but stretched over a period of years. many king pins could not be found when the trial started but the evidence was building up against them as more of their business partners testified against them. when they were caught the case...